Filing-cabinet.



T.D. BROWN.

FILING CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED ma. I. I9I7.

1,270,260. Patented June 25, 1918..

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THOMAS ID. BROWN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO SONORA PHONOGRAPHCORPORATION, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

FILIN G-CABIN ET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 25, 1918.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS D. BRowN, a subjecty of the King of GreatBritain and Ireland, and a resident of the borough and county ofRichmond, city and State of New York, have invented a certain new anduseful Improvement in Filing-Cabinets, ot' which the following is aspecilication.

My invention rela-tes to tiling cabinets for talking machine diskrecords, and more particularly to the type wherein each record isinclosed in a separate receptacle, all of which are loosely mounted on arod so that any record may be withdrawn without disturbing the others,and wherein a second rod extends through all of the receptacles and actsas a stop to limit the pivoting et the receptacles.

rIhe object of my invention is to provide means whereby a receptacle maybe readily removed 'from the cabinet and a new one substituted withoutthe necessity ot' dismantling the cabinet.

This and further objects will more fully appear in the followingspeciiieation and accompanying drawings considered together orseparately.

I have illustrated one embodiment of my invention in' the accompanyingdrawings, in which like parts are designated by similar referencecharacters in all the figures, and in which,-

Figure l is a front elevation of a rack for carrying a number ofindividual record disk receptacles; i

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2 2 of Fig. l; and

Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view on an enlarged scale.

In carrying out my invention, I provide a rack composed of a top memberl, a bottom member 2, and side members 3, 3. I employ a centralpartition 4, andv between the partition 4: and the side members 3, 3, Imay provide partitions 5 by means of which the records may be dividedinto classes.

Carried in the side members 3, 8, is a pivot rod composed of twosections 6 and 6, A stop rod composed of two sections 7 and 7 n islikewise carried by the side members 3, 3, and is preferably positionedvertically above the sections 6 and 6a. The rod sections are carried insockets S, 8 in the side members and bear against plates 97 9 screwed orotherwise secured to the side members.

The partition l has a cut-away portion 1l, the vertical edge of which isin alinement with the axis of the rod sections. The inner end of eachrod section is seated in a semi-cylindrical recess l0 in the cut-awayportion 11 of the partition 4, and a corresponding socket 10 in a fillerpiece 12 engages the ends of the rods and retains them in position. Thefiller piece is secured in the eut-away portion by means of screws 13 orotherwise.

The record receptacles have each a perft'oration l5 near one cornerthereof, by means of which the receptacles are threaded on the rods 6and G. Each receptacle is provided with a segmental slot 16 which isengaged over a rod section 7 or 7a. The slots are radial to the rods 6and 6a so that the receptacles may be pivoted on the rods (i, 6, and areof such a length that the rcceptacles are limited in their movements bythe engagement of the rods 7, 7a with the ends oi the slots.

The partitions 5 are cut away as shown in dotted lines at 17 Fig. 2, sothat the rods will be. accessible from the front.

l/Vhen it is desired to insert a new receptacle or remove an old onewhich has become broken, the Iiller piece 12 is removed. This willuncover the inner ends of the rods which may then be pulled out of thesockets S in the side members, and all of the receptacles may be removedfrom the rack, and damaged ones may be removed and new ones substituted.

The receptacles may be replaced in the rack by reversing the operationabove described.

The racks may be made up of different sizes, of different material, orwith different arrangements of partitions, and are inserted in thecompartments of the talking machine cabinet or in a book-ease or thelike.

I desire it understood that my invention is not eonned to the particular'form of apparatus herein shown, and described, and, therefore, I claimbroadly the right to employ all equal instrumentalities coming withinthc scope of the claims and by means of which objects oi" my inventionare obtained and the new results accomplished, as herein set forth. Asit is obvious that the particular embodiment herein illustrated is onlyone of many that may be employed, as for instance, the device caribeconstructed by eliminating the partition et with its cutaway portion 11,and in place of having rods 7, 7a, and 6, 6a, each made up of twosections, the device can be constructed so as to eliminate the partition4 with its cut-away portion 1l, and have in its place the dividingpartition 5 with rods constructed of one piece instead of two, andhaving the side members 3 either having a cut-away portion similar to11, or having short strip covering the front edge of the sides 8, thesame being screwed in place which can be readily removed when it isdesired to insert a new receptacle or replace a broken one. Suchremoving of the cut-away portions, which will be similar to the cut-awayportion 1l, or such small strips, will uncover the ends of the rodswhich may then be pulled out of their respective sockets in the sidemembers, and all the receptacles may be removed from the rack, and thedamaged ones may be removed and new ones substituted. It is to beyunderstood that while I have given one instance of a modiiied form of myinvention, that I am not to be limitedto this modication.

In accordance with the provisions of the patent statute, I havedescribed the principley of my invention together with the apparatuswhich I now consider torepresent the best embodiment thereof, but Idesire to have it understood that the apparatus shown is merelyillustrative and that the invention can be carried out in other ways. y

Having now described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is.:

Copies of this patent may be obtained for whereby the second member maybe removed without removing the receptacle from the frame.

An article oi the class described, comprising a frame, a receptacle inthe frame, a pivot for the receptacle, said pivot member being removablewithout removing the receptacle from the frame, a second member passingthrough the receptacle, there being a segmental slot in the receptacleengaged by said member, and means whereby the second member may beremoved without removing the receptacle from the frame.

3. An article of the class described, comprising` a frame having acentral partition and side members, a rod carried in a socket in eachside member, each rod engaging a socket in the partition, said rodsbeing in alinement, means for securing the ends in the partition, aplurality of receptacles pivoted to each rod, a second rod carried in asocket in. each side member, and each engaging a socket in thepartition, and means for securing the ends of the second rod in thepartition, said latter rods engaging slots in the receptacles.

4. An articley of the class described, com` prising a frame, having sidemembers, and a central partition, a plurality of sockets in each side.member, a rod carried in each socket, the rods in each pair alined withtheir ends resting in an open socket in the partition, a keeper securedto the partition :for retaining the rods in position, and a plurality ofreceptacles pivotally mounted on one pair of alined rods, the secondpair of alined rods engaging segmental. slots inthe receptacles to limitthe pivotal movement of the receptacles.

This specification signed and witnessed this 27th day of January, 1917.

THOMAS D. BROWN. Witnesses FRANK J. GoUrn,

C. J. HERMAN.

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